9:1 Now in the twenty 6242 and fourth 702 day 3117 of this month 2320 the children 1121 of Israel 3478 were assembled 622 8738 with fasting 6685, and with sackclothes 8242, and earth 127 upon them.

9:2 And the seed 2233 of Israel 3478 separated 914 8735 themselves from all strangers 1121 5236, and stood 5975 8799 and confessed 3034 8691 their sins 2403, and the iniquities 5771 of their fathers 1.(strangers: Heb. strange children)

9:3 And they stood up 6965 8799 in their place 5977, and read 7121 8799 in the book 5612 of the law 8451 of the LORD 3068 their God 430 [one] fourth part 7243 of the day 3117; and [another] fourth part 7243 they confessed 3034 8693, and worshipped 7812 8693 the LORD 3068 their God 430.

9:4 Then stood up 6965 8799 upon the stairs 4608, of the Levites 3881, Jeshua 3442, and Bani 1137, Kadmiel 6934, Shebaniah 7645, Bunni 1138, Sherebiah 8274, Bani 1137, [and] Chenani 3662, and cried 2199 8799 with a loud 1419 voice 6963 unto the LORD 3068 their God 430.(stairs: or, scaffold)

9:5 Then the Levites 3881, Jeshua 3442, and Kadmiel 6934, Bani 1137, Hashabniah 2813, Sherebiah 8274, Hodijah 1941, Shebaniah 7645, [and] Pethahiah 6611, said 559 8799, Stand up 6965 8798 [and] bless 1288 8761 the LORD 3068 your God 430 for ever 5769 and ever 5769: and blessed 1288 8762 be thy glorious 3519 name 8034, which is exalted 7311 8784 above all blessing 1293 and praise 8416.

9:6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD 3068 alone; thou hast made 6213 8804 heaven 8064, the heaven 8064 of heavens 8064, with all their host 6635, the earth 776, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas 3220, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest 2421 8764 them all; and the host 6635 of heaven 8064 worshippeth 7812 8693 thee.

9:7 Thou [art] the LORD 3068 the God 430, who didst choose 977 8804 Abram 87, and broughtest him forth 3318 8689 out of Ur 218 of the Chaldees 3778, and gavest 7760 8804 him the name 8034 of Abraham 85;

9:8 And foundest 4672 8804 his heart 3824 faithful 539 8737 before 6440 thee, and madest 3772 8800 a covenant 1285 with him to give 5414 8800 the land 776 of the Canaanites 3669, the Hittites 2850, the Amorites 567, and the Perizzites 6522, and the Jebusites 2983, and the Girgashites 1622, to give 5414 8800 [it, I say], to his seed 2233, and hast performed 6965 8686 thy words 1697; for thou [art] righteous 6662:

9:9 And didst see 7200 8799 the affliction 6040 of our fathers 1 in Egypt 4714, and heardest 8085 8804 their cry 2201 by the Red 5488 sea 3220;

9:10 And shewedst 5414 8799 signs 226 and wonders 4159 upon Pharaoh 6547, and on all his servants 5650, and on all the people 5971 of his land 776: for thou knewest 3045 8804 that they dealt proudly 2102 8689 against them. So didst thou get 6213 8799 thee a name 8034, as [it is] this day 3117.

9:11 And thou didst divide 1234 8804 the sea 3220 before 6440 them, so that they went through 5674 8799 the midst 8432 of the sea 3220 on the dry land 3004; and their persecutors 7291 8802 thou threwest 7993 8689 into the deeps 4688, as a stone 68 into the mighty 5794 waters 4325.

9:12 Moreover thou leddest 5148 8689 them in the day 3119 by a cloudy 6051 pillar 5982; and in the night 3915 by a pillar 5982 of fire 784, to give them light 215 8687 in the way 1870 wherein they should go 3212 8799.

9:13 Thou camest down 3381 8804 also upon mount 2022 Sinai 5514, and spakest 1696 8763 with them from heaven 8064, and gavest 5414 8799 them right 3477 judgments 4941, and true 571 laws 8451, good 2896 statutes 2706 and commandments 4687:(true…: Heb. laws of truth)

9:14 And madest known 3045 8689 unto them thy holy 6944 sabbath 7676, and commandedst 6680 8765 them precepts 4687, statutes 2706, and laws 8451, by the hand 3027 of Moses 4872 thy servant 5650:

9:15 And gavest 5414 8804 them bread 3899 from heaven 8064 for their hunger 7458, and broughtest forth 3318 8689 water 4325 for them out of the rock 5553 for their thirst 6772, and promisedst 559 8799 them that they should go in 935 8800 to possess 3423 8800 the land 776 which thou hadst sworn 3027 5375 8804 to give 5414 8800 them.(which…: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them)

9:16 But they and our fathers 1 dealt proudly 2102 8689, and hardened 7185 8686 their necks 6203, and hearkened 8085 8804 not to thy commandments 4687,

9:17 And refused 3985 8762 to obey 8085 8800, neither were mindful 2142 8804 of thy wonders 6381 8737 that thou didst 6213 8804 among them; but hardened 7185 8686 their necks 6203, and in their rebellion 4805 appointed 5414 8799 a captain 7218 to return 7725 8800 to their bondage 5659: but thou [art] a God 433 ready to pardon 5547, gracious 2587 and merciful 7349, slow 750 to anger 639, and of great 7227 kindness 2617, and forsookest 5800 8804 them not.(a God…: Heb. a God of pardons)

9:18 Yea, when they had made 6213 8804 them a molten 4541 calf 5695, and said 559 8799, This [is] thy God 430 that brought thee up 5927 8689 out of Egypt 4714, and had wrought 6213 8799 great 1419 provocations 5007;

9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold 7227 mercies 7356 forsookest 5800 8804 them not in the wilderness 4057: the pillar 5982 of the cloud 6051 departed 5493 8804 not from them by day 3119, to lead 5148 8687 them in the way 1870; neither the pillar 5982 of fire 784 by night 3915, to shew them light 215 8687, and the way 1870 wherein they should go 3212 8799.

9:20 Thou gavest 5414 8804 also thy good 2896 spirit 7307 to instruct 7919 8687 them, and withheldest 4513 8804 not thy manna 4478 from their mouth 6310, and gavest 5414 8804 them water 4325 for their thirst 6772.

9:21 Yea, forty 705 years 8141 didst thou sustain 3557 8773 them in the wilderness 4057, [so that] they lacked 2637 8804 nothing; their clothes 8008 waxed not old 1086 8804, and their feet 7272 swelled 1216 8804 not.

9:22 Moreover thou gavest 5414 8799 them kingdoms 4467 and nations 5971, and didst divide 2505 8799 them into corners 6285: so they possessed 3423 8799 the land 776 of Sihon 5511, and the land 776 of the king 4428 of Heshbon 2809, and the land 776 of Og 5747 king 4428 of Bashan 1316.

9:23 Their children 1121 also multipliedst 7235 8689 thou as the stars 3556 of heaven 8064, and broughtest 935 8686 them into the land 776, concerning which thou hadst promised 559 8804 to their fathers 1, that they should go in 935 8800 to possess 3423 8800 [it].

9:24 So the children 1121 went in 935 8799 and possessed 3423 8799 the land 776, and thou subduedst 3665 8686 before 6440 them the inhabitants 3427 8802 of the land 776, the Canaanites 3669, and gavest 5414 8799 them into their hands 3027, with their kings 4428, and the people 5971 of the land 776, that they might do 6213 8800 with them as they would 7522.(as they…: Heb. according to their will)

9:25 And they took 3920 8799 strong 1219 8803 cities 5892, and a fat 8082 land 127, and possessed 3423 8799 houses 1004 full 4392 of all goods 2898, wells 953 digged 2672 8803, vineyards 3754, and oliveyards 2132, and fruit 3978 trees 6086 in abundance 7230: so they did eat 398 8799, and were filled 7646 8799, and became fat 8080 8686, and delighted 5727 8691 themselves in thy great 1419 goodness 2898.(wells: or, cisterns)(fruit…: Heb. tree of food)

9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient 4784 8686, and rebelled 4775 8799 against thee, and cast 7993 8686 thy law 8451 behind 310 their backs 1458, and slew 2026 8804 thy prophets 5030 which testified 5749 8689 against them to turn 7725 8687 them to thee, and they wrought 6213 8799 great 1419 provocations 5007.

9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst 5414 8799 them into the hand 3027 of their enemies 6862, who vexed 6887 8686 them: and in the time 6256 of their trouble 6869, when they cried 6817 8799 unto thee, thou heardest 8085 8799 [them] from heaven 8064; and according to thy manifold 7227 mercies 7356 thou gavest 5414 8799 them saviours 3467 8688, who saved 3467 8686 them out of the hand 3027 of their enemies 6862.

9:28 But after they had rest 5117 8800, they did 6213 8800 evil 7451 again 7725 8799 before 6440 thee: therefore leftest 5800 8799 thou them in the hand 3027 of their enemies 341 8802, so that they had the dominion 7287 8799 over them: yet when they returned 7725 8799, and cried 2199 8799 unto thee, thou heardest 8085 8799 [them] from heaven 8064; and many 7227 times 6256 didst thou deliver 5337 8686 them according to thy mercies 7356;(they did…: Heb. they returned to do evil)

9:29 And testifiedst 5749 8686 against them, that thou mightest bring them again 7725 8687 unto thy law 8451: yet they dealt proudly 2102 8689, and hearkened 8085 8804 not unto thy commandments 4687, but sinned 2398 8804 against thy judgments 4941, (which if a man 120 do 6213 8799, he shall live 2421 8804 in them;) and withdrew 5414 8799 5637 8802 the shoulder 3802, and hardened 7185 8689 their neck 6203, and would not hear 8085 8804.(withdrew…: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder)

9:30 Yet many 7227 years 8141 didst thou forbear 4900 8799 them, and testifiedst 5749 8686 against them by thy spirit 7307 in 3027 thy prophets 5030: yet would they not give ear 238 8689: therefore gavest 5414 8799 thou them into the hand 3027 of the people 5971 of the lands 776.(forbear…: Heb. protract over them)(in thy…: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets)

9:31 Nevertheless for thy great 7227 mercies' 7356 sake thou didst 6213 8804 not utterly consume 3617 them, nor forsake 5800 8804 them; for thou [art] a gracious 2587 and merciful 7349 God 410.

9:32 Now therefore, our God 430, the great 1419, the mighty 1368, and the terrible 3372 8737 God 410, who keepest 8104 8802 covenant 1285 and mercy 2617, let not all the trouble 8513 seem little 4591 8799 before 6440 thee, that hath come 4672 8804 upon us, on our kings 4428, on our princes 8269, and on our priests 3548, and on our prophets 5030, and on our fathers 1, and on all thy people 5971, since the time 3117 of the kings 4428 of Assyria 804 unto this day 3117.(trouble: Heb. weariness)(that…: Heb. that hath found us)

9:33 Howbeit thou [art] just 6662 in all that is brought 935 8802 upon us; for thou hast done 6213 8804 right 571, but we have done wickedly 7561 8689:

9:34 Neither have our kings 4428, our princes 8269, our priests 3548, nor our fathers 1, kept 6213 8804 thy law 8451, nor hearkened 7181 8689 unto thy commandments 4687 and thy testimonies 5715, wherewith thou didst testify 5749 8689 against them.

9:35 For they have not served 5647 8804 thee in their kingdom 4438, and in thy great 7227 goodness 2898 that thou gavest 5414 8804 them, and in the large 7342 and fat 8082 land 776 which thou gavest 5414 8804 before 6440 them, neither turned 7725 8804 they from their wicked 7451 works 4611.

9:36 Behold, we [are] servants 5650 this day 3117, and [for] the land 776 that thou gavest 5414 8804 unto our fathers 1 to eat 398 8800 the fruit 6529 thereof and the good 2898 thereof, behold, we [are] servants 5650 in it:

9:37 And it yieldeth much 7235 8688 increase 8393 unto the kings 4428 whom thou hast set 5414 8804 over us because of our sins 2403: also they have dominion 4910 8802 over our bodies 1472, and over our cattle 929, at their pleasure 7522, and we [are] in great 1419 distress 6869.

9:38 And because of all this we make 3772 8802 a sure 548 [covenant], and write 3789 8802 [it]; and our princes 8269, Levites 3881, [and] priests 3548, seal 2856 8803 [unto it].(seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed)

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